Is setting dual monitor connecting same video card via HDMI & DP doable?

[neoplefuckedup]

Hi lovely people, I have never done setting up dual monitors so have I been here to ask helps.

I am getting a gigabyte 5700xt in few days and also a new monitor, my old xl2411z does not have dp port so I want to make a dual monitor setup,

my new monitor is for gaming and connecting video card via dp port, my old one is for social loafing and connecting same video card via HDMI.

 

1) will this setup work?

2)if not, what is the right steps to do

3)if it work, are there any performance decrease(i.e fps drops) than just using one monitor to play games?

 

thanks

[minibois]

1) yep! If you got the correct cables, just plug it in the GPU and it will work (running three monitors myself, one via DP, one via DVI, one via HDMI-VGA adapter and works well )

 

2) Just check if you got the right cables to connect from your GPU to monitor 1 and same for GPU to monitor 2. Also check if via these cables you will get the right resolution/refresh rate. After connecting your monitors, Windows will assume where they are located physically, so you might have to go to 'Display Settings' (assuming Windows) and check if they are located correctly there.

 

3) No performance decrease, a GPU does typically get a few degrees hotter when running multiple windows. Of course if you're gonna watch a YouTube video on monitor 1 and a game on monitor 2, your GPU does have to do more work than just doing one or the other.

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, neoplefuckedup said:

1) will this setup work?

yes, tho the xl2411z will run 60Hz instead

 

11 minutes ago, neoplefuckedup said:

3)if it work, are there any performance decrease(i.e fps drops) than just using one monitor to play games?

Not really, even hardware decoding of a video takes a different part of the GPU.

[neoplefuckedup]

3 hours ago, minibois said:

1) yep! If you got the correct cables, just plug it in the GPU and it will work (running three monitors myself, one via DP, one via DVI, one via HDMI-VGA adapter and works well )

 

2) Just check if you got the right cables to connect from your GPU to monitor 1 and same for GPU to monitor 2. Also check if via these cables you will get the right resolution/refresh rate. After connecting your monitors, Windows will assume where they are located physically, so you might have to go to 'Display Settings' (assuming Windows) and check if they are located correctly there.

 

3) No performance decrease, a GPU does typically get a few degrees hotter when running multiple windows. Of course if you're gonna watch a YouTube video on monitor 1 and a game on monitor 2, your GPU does have to do more work than just doing one or the other.

thanks I have all right tools, just wait for new gpu and monitor arrive so that I can watch 2 porns same time!

[neoplefuckedup]

3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

yes, tho the xl2411z will run 60Hz instead

 

Not really, even hardware decoding of a video takes a different part of the GPU.

gotcha, I am looking forward watching 2 porns sametime life now.